TEACHERS’ NOTES @WestcoastReader facebook.com/thewestcoastreader Read more ONLINE: NOVEMBER 2014 thewestcoastreader.com Surveys Please take five minutes to fill in our surveys: the online survey has five questions; a more detailed survey has been emailed to our readership whose names are in our database. Remembrance Day Review with your learners why the poppy is a symbol of remembrance. Read “In Flanders Fields” written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (while he was at war). http://www.warmuseum. ca/cwm/exhibitions/remember/ flandersfields_e.shtml Show the poppy pin. Teach learners how to wear the pin: on the left lapel of a piece of clothing and/or as close to the heart as possible. Tell them poppies can be worn from the last Friday in October until November 11. Women of war & those who served This website has a page for educators: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/ eng/remembrance/those-who-served Harjit Sajjan speaks: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=lhW24MqDGTU Lost ship found (p. 1) Learn more about the history of Franklin’s expedition here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/ canada/mystery-shrouds-fate-of-franklins-1845-expedition-1.1147041 See a map here: http://www. canadiangeographic.ca/franklinexpedition/assets/map-franklin/ Learn more about Canada’s search for Franklin’s second ship, Terror. http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/ franklin-expedition/. Win a pair of B.C. Lions football tickets. Get your students to enter. Details online. Choi Project (p. 2) Learn about the project’s mission here: http://www.huafoundation.org/ thechoiproject/ There are recipes on the website, too. Take students on a tour of Chinatown. Famous photos (TN p. 3) What makes “Wait For Me, Daddy” and “The Last Spike” such special Canadian photographs? Put students in groups to discuss the photos. Then ask students to describe each photo with two adjectives. answers to exercises What is the right word? (TN p. 2) (2) Claude (3) October (4) hand (5) school (6) Whitey (7) Tofino (8) dad (9) five Garfield (TN p. 2) Answers will vary. Find the opposites (TN p. 3) - challenging (1) left (2) follow (3) everyone (4) villain (5) homogeneous (6) neglect (7) adults (8) peace (9) men (10) stupid (11) hindered (12) unknown (13) enemies (14) timid (15) endanger (16) worst (17) safe (18) ashamed (19) ignore (20) last Famous photos (TN p. 3) Answers will vary. Crossword (TN p. 4) 1 P O P 2 3 4 V E T E R P V I W E A N S C T I M S R poppy: istockphoto N OV E MBE R 2 0 1 4 THE WESTCOAST READER — TEACHERS’ NOTES PAGE 1 What is the right word? Read the story. Try the exercise. Find the right word. Write one letter on each line. 1. The boy said, “Wait for me, ____________.” _d_ _a_ _d_ _d_ y_ 2. First name of the photographer ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3. Month of the photo ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 4. He let go of his mother’s____________. ____ ____ ____ ____ 5. The photo was in every B.C. ______________. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 6. The boy’s first name ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 7. He now lives in ____________. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 8. He wanted to go with his ________. ____ ____ ____ 9. The boy’s age in 1940 was _________. ____ ____ ____ ____ photo – claude dettloff/City of vancouver archives LP 109 Garfield GARFIELD © 2014 Paws, Inc. Reprinted with permission of UNIVERSAL UCLICK All rights reserved. Read the comic. Discuss it with a partner. What is happening in each picture? 1. How is Garfield feeling? 2. Why does he want Jon to marry? 3. Say something to Jon: Will you please _______________! NOV E MBE R 2 0 1 4 THE WESTCOAST READER — TEACHERS’ NOTES PAGE 2 Find the opposites - challenging Find a word from the word bank which has the opposite meaning of each word below. Photos — Julia: City of vancouver archives P1073; harjit: ward perrin/The vancouver sun Look at the example. Write the opposite words on the lines. neglect follow villain ignore enemies last worst endanger unknown stupid timidpeacesafe menhindered adults ashamed everyone homogeneous left 1. joined .....left.................... 2. lead ............................ 3. no one ............................... 4. hero.............................. 5. diverse ............................. 6. look after .................... 7. children............................. 8. war ............................. 9. women ............................. 10. smart ........................ 11. helped ............................. 12. famous ..................... 13. allies ................................ 14. fearless .................... 15. save .................................. 16. best ........................... 17. dangerous......................... 18. proud ......................... 19. look at ............................... 20. first ............................ Famous photos Photo of the boy — Claude Dettloff/City of vancouver archives LP 109 Photo of last spike — City of Vancouver Archives Can P111.1 Use two adjectives to describe each photo. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ N OV E MBE R 2 0 1 4 THE WESTCOAST READER — TEACHERS’ NOTES PAGE 3 For Better or For Worse crossword Read the comic. Discuss it with a partner. What is happening in each picture? FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE © 2001 LYNN JOHNSTON PRODUCTIONS. DIST. BY UNIVERSAL UCLICK. REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fill in the crossword. Use the four Remembrance Day words in the word bank. 1 victims veterans war 2 poppies 3 4 Write each word in a sentence that clearly shows its meaning. Write your four sentences. Then share them with a partner. NOV E MBE R 2 0 1 4 THE WESTCOAST READER — TEACHERS’ NOTES PAGE 4